From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 14:19:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B37216A4CE for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:19:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cheyenne.wixb.com (cheyenne.wixb.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2306143D31 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:19:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Organization: Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee WI USA Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20050116081854.00c00d60@cheyenne.wixb.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:19:27 -0600 To: "Reko Turja" , From: "J.D. Bronson" In-Reply-To: <012801c4fbd4$8dc3e280$92a7cb52@rekon> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20050116075053.00bf6a98@cheyenne.wixb.com> <012801c4fbd4$8dc3e280$92a7cb52@rekon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: upgrading from 5.3 to current X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:19:29 -0000 At 08:06 AM 1/16/2005, Reko Turja wrote: >>This is rather a nubee question.. >> >>I am used to OBSD and how to update my sources...but seem to be missing >>something with FREEBSD. >> >>I installed 5.3 release and all I want to do now is update the source >>files on the disk to current. > > >Very easy, all explained in the handbook. If on Intel, cvsup is your >friend. Are you sure you'll want to install CURRENT, by the way? - In the >FreeBSD context CURRENT is more like development alpha version, STABLE >branch is more like beta, and RELENG branches are the bug and security fix >branches of the original release. All explained in the handbook. > >>Does someone have a web page that can show these steps? > >http://www.freebsd.org/handbook, See chapter 19 and appendix A. > >-Reko thanks. I am going to track STABLE...you are right. I am installing cvsup without GUI and then I will try to set this up... -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282 AIM:lonebanditusa // MSN:lonebanditusa@msn.com // Yahoo:lonebanditusa